Feeding-trough.



No. 879,173. I PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

L. L. HUGHES & R. G. BROWNING.

FEEDING TROUGH.

v APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1907.

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v .i United Stisttes, residing at Mercer,

ejounty of {the trough.

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I Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented at. 18,1908

Application filed may 14; 1907. seen a. mama,

y it knownthat we, LYMAN L. HUGHES and Bonner G Baownme, citizens of the 'in, the ercer and State of Missouri, have invented a new and I useful Feeding-Trough f which the following is a specification.

or'ian' imals and designed-to prevent themrowding and interfering with one another, contaminating the'foodandlying down in The main objec which back am the trough thorggyicleaned andfood placed therein rther. o t

nibination and arran ement'o'f, parts here er descr bed-and c aimed is a perspectiv t the trough ready for use. Fig 2,1s 1a ertIcal cross sect onal view thesame partsin allthe figures. V Thenumerallindicatesthe trough pro or which maybe I ably rhomhoidal in form. and'provrded with made of wood or metal, pre erconcavedf hottom12 so that the feed will tending from on'eend o 2 1 J I I trans l and their connecting and gravitate vtowards Gonneo teo. hy tudmal sides of the tron members. The partitions 4 trough atsuch opposed angles that, one end each partition is connected to'the adjacent and of the adjoining partition to form a continuous row orseries 0a 1 ments or feeding stalls angular compart- 5 extending across and opening alternately on opposite sides of the tr ugh as shown" At the exterior apex of angular compartment 5 is tvstened y tieel bracing trip 6 extendin downwe rdly to the trough on the hinged side oi the heme and slightly belowfthe tog; of the trough on the o miosihe side of sai frame [his invention relatestoa feeding trough- I p t of. the invention, is to "provide a trough dividedinto separate com partments on feeding stalls by a zigzag above the trough and hinged thereto,

an be thrown frame ith this object; view the invention ot certan novel construction,

in they acdempanying drawingz'liigure l- The hinges 3 are screwed to the strips 6 on gone side of the frame and to the trough. Extending the len th of the frame is atie board or rod 7 to which each )artition is fastoner and by which they are hraced and held in fixed position.

3 A lookin the frame ast on the trough, one form of which is represented in the drawing and conbracing strips 6 and staples 9 inserted in the trough on the side opposite that to which the hirgzges are fastened. I hen the trough is to be filled, the hooks 8 are disengaged-from the staples 9 and the frame turned on its hinges to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this position the trough is entirely o enand the food can be equally distribute from end to end. The trough may also be cleaned easil when the frame is turned back. After placing the food in the trough the frame is closed over it and fastened and the trough is read for use. r

V henswine are fed from a trough con- Inents will prevent more than one animal feeding at the same compartment and will also prevent him from obtaining more food than is contained within the area defined by the partitions, nor can hogs get into the trough and lie down in it because of the small size of the separate compartments.

The board 7 not onlyserves to tie the par titi'ons, together so as to form a rigid frame thereof but also extends over each of the anof swine are positioned within the compartments this board will be located above them and act as a guard to prevent the swine from climbing or reaching upward over the partitions and interfering with the stock at the other side of the trough.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:-

A device of the character described cornto one side thereof and consisting of angularly disposed connected partitions arranged in. zigzag relation and extending across the trough to form angular compartments arranged alternately at opposite sides of the device is provided for holding sists of hooks 8 attached to anynumber of structed as above, the shape of the compart-' gular compartments so that when the heads prising a trough, a frame hingedly connected trough and a combined brace and guard disas our own, we have heretogil'fired our signaposed at upon and secured to the upper p0r tures in the presence of two Witnesses.

tions of all of the partitions, said brace con- 7 LYMAN L. HUGHES. meeting the partitions and extending over the ROBERT G. BROWNING. middle portion of each of the angular com- Witnesses: partrnem-s. N. R. DE HART,

In testimony that we claim the foregoing J. H. SOM RVILLE. 

